The first new poll results of 2019 were released by the Indikator Politik Survey Institute yesterday and, although they are based on surveys done late last year, they are another sign that Prabowo is starting off the new year at a severe electoral disadvantage, with very little time to make up the difference.

According to Indikator’s latest poll — which was conducted between December 6-16, and involved 1,220 respondents chosen from multistage random sampling throughout Indonesia — 54.9% of respondents said they were planning to vote for President Jokowi and his running mate Ma’ruf Amin, while 34.8% were planning to vote for Prabowo and his running mate Sandiaga Uno.

The remaining 9.2% of respondents said they were still undecided and 1.1% said they had chosen to not vote for either candidate.

Indikator’s executive director, Burhanuddin Muhtadi, said that, despite having a lead of more than 20 points, the numbers could still change dramatically in the coming months.

“There are still about three months of campaigning left. The 20% difference does not mean the Jokowi-Ma’ruf ticket is safe,” Burhanuddin said yesterday at a press conference announcing the survey results, as quoted by Kompas.